{"id":716,"date":"2007-10-10T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T10:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/evangelicals-on-obama.html"},"modified":"2007-10-10T10:44:42","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T10:44:42","slug":"evangelicals-on-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/evangelicals-on-obama.html","title":{"rendered":"Evangelicals on Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama’s religious talk is bugging some<\/a> evangelicals:<\/p>\n

Like his predecessor Howard Dean before him, Sen. Obama must have been reading from the DNC\u2019s pamphlet \u201cHow to Speak Like an Evangelical.\u201d Trouble is, whoever wrote the Democrats\u2019 book on evangelicaspeak probably did their research by watching Hollywood movies or bad TBN reruns (it\u2019s hard to say!). It\u2019s waaay off.
\nObama has apparently come under the same delusion that befell some of Jesus\u2019 disciples. The thought that \u201cthe Kingdom\u201d was something that could be ushered along through political means left them dumfounded at the cross.
\nThe borders of the Kingdom of Christ span far greater \u2014 into the heart, no less.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Obama’s religious talk is bugging some evangelicals: Like his predecessor Howard Dean before him, Sen. 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